Enola Gay Pilot Recalls Hiroshima Mission and Security
Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbetts recounts the 1945 Hiroshima mission, noting the Norden bombsight mishap, Kokura diversion, and the POW transfer that altered the target. He discusses security measures, insider risk, and the moral question of using the atomic bombs to avert a costly invasion.
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